African blackwood  (Dalbergia melanoxylon)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (31/03/03) by Fauna and Flora International’s Global Trees Campaign.
http://www.globaltrees.org

Glossary

  • Deciduous: a plant that sheds its leaves at the end of the growing season.
  • Heartwood: the inner layers of wood in a tree that no longer contain living cells or produce sap. Heartwood tends to be darker in colour than the outer ‘sapwood’.
  • Herbivore: an animal that consumes only vegetable matter.
  • Inflorescence: the reproductive shoot of a plant, which bears a group or cluster of flowers.
  • Leaflets: the individual 'leaf-like' parts of a compound leaf.
  • Sapwood: the living, soft wood between the bark of a tree and its inner, non-living heartwood. This outer layer of wood contains the sap and is generally lighter in colour than the heartwood.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (June, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Milne-Redhead, E. and Polhill, R.M. (1971) Flora of Tropical East Africa: Part 3(1).Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. Burkhill, H.M. (1995) The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3 [2nd ed].Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  4. Global Trees Campaign (January, 2003)
    http://www.globaltrees.org
  5. African Blackwood Conservation Project (January, 2003)
    http://www.blackwoodconservation.org
  6. Natural World(BBC tx. 1992).
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